MICHIGAN COUNSELING ASSOCIATION

Welcome and Announcements | 9:00-9:15 AM

Keynote Session | 9:15-10:15 AM

Standing on Business: Abolitionist Counseling | LaShawn Adams, Doctoral Candidate, LAC, NCC

Breakout Session | 10:30-11:30 AM

Workplace Mistreatment By Gender and Race: Best Practices for Counselors | Stephanie Burns, Ph.D., LPC, NCC

Prolonged Grief Disorder in African Americans and Grief Models That Support their Exploration of Grief and Healing | Jennifer Matthews, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS & Faith Lee, B.A.

Becoming a Socially Responsible Provider | Charan Bashir, M.A., LPC & Tateanna Foster, LMSW

Survival of the unfittest: Trauma Experience Among African Refugees Living in the United States | Reuben Mwangi, PhD, LPC

Lunch Break & Networking | 11:30-12:15 PM

Breakout Session | 12:15-1:15 PM

Implicit Bias | Mary Thomas, PhD, LPC, NCC, ACS & Kristina Marshall, JD

Adulting is Hard When You’re a Kid; Recognizing and Eradicating Adultification | Destinee Smith, MA, LCPC (MD), LPC (DC), NCC, C-DBT

Rest During Chaos | LaShonda Fuller, Ph.D., LPC, NCC & Jazmine Martin, B.S.

Cultivating Resilient Leaders: A Trauma-Informed Approach | Demarra West, M.A., LPC

Breakout Session | 1:30-2:30 PM

Snapshots of Mourning: Using Photography to Process Traumatic Loss | Kailey Bradley, MA, LPCC-S, NCC, FT & Brad Imhoff, Phd, LPC

Providing Trauma and Culturally Informed Care when Counseling LGBTQ+ Clients | Nikki Adams, QMHP, Mental Health Intern, CADC I Intern & Edward Ewe, Ph.D., LPC, NCC, ACS

Navigating incel identities and violence in counseling | Quentin Hunter, PhD, LPC, NCC & Johnathan Platt, EMU Grad Student

Learn EFT Tapping for Self-Regulation and Trauma Work | Tijana Coso, M.A., Master EFT, Trauma EFT

Keynote Session | 2:45-3:45 PM

Healing wounds from our harmful past and creating pathways to an equitable future | Lotes Nelson, Ph.D., LCMHC-S, ASC, NCC

Wrap Up and Giveaways | 3:45-4:15 PM

5 CEUs Available - The MCA is NBCC ACEP Provider No. 2023.